Stop panicking about OL. Hoke Clarifies
Yesterday, there was a tweet quoting Hoke that the starting OL will have Cole as LT and that Kalis was out. Today, there is further clarification by Baumgardner and it appears that Hoke is trying to have 8 people ready to step in. This makes sense as there will be injuries. Also, he wants to give several people a shot at the starting positions and create competition.
And, per Hoke, the starting unit during the morning half of a two-a-day practice could completely change by nighttime.Michigan wants to have a solid front five determined somewhere toward the middle of fall camp, but in the meantime, the shuffling is apparently going to continue."Balancing that can be tricky, but it can also be massaged pretty well," Hoke added. "I think Darrell's done a nice job with it, and Nuss. And who we put in with that first group? Maybe that changes daily."I'm sure it will change from a morning practice to an afternoon until we really feel 'this is it' with these guys. The competition has been really good for us there."
August 9th, 2014 at 10:10 AM ^
do other than bitch.
(man, people are going to raise an eyebrow at that if they don't know what I'm referring to).
a secret service agent. Somewhere along the way I'm sure he picked up the virtue of disseminating information used to accomplish his own ends. He probably finds value in seeing the fan base freakout at the slightest rumor as that most likely permeates to other fan bases who equally misinterpret the rumor. . .
August 9th, 2014 at 10:20 AM ^
If you're telling me not to.
August 9th, 2014 at 11:54 AM ^
August 9th, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
And I hope you find a hobby other than trolling forums.
August 9th, 2014 at 12:33 PM ^
/smh
You must be a real joy to be around.
Blocked for repeated DERP.
I have to admit the season hinges on their play. And when I saw no Kalis and miller STARTING at center it freaked me a bit.
As long as they can block I don't give a damn who is in there.
You forgot they put an "M" on the front on the helmets.
August 10th, 2014 at 7:51 AM ^
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August 9th, 2014 at 10:45 AM ^
Up vote for the sly Lebowski reference.
that any reasonable conclusion can be drawn about the OL until they play another team in a game. Playing our own DL is fine but its hard to know what the instructions are to avoid giving away too much info in a preseason game or injuring our own players that we need later on.
I've decided in my mind that there won't be another season like last for quite a few years, and until thats changed by direct personal and video evidence, I have confidence in our OL.
This is a clarification of Nick Baumgardner's panick tweet. You can listen to the presser at Mgoblue.
August 9th, 2014 at 10:03 AM ^
Agree 100%.
Last year we were all so in awe of Devin looking like Vince Young Jr that game we were happy to throwaway the performance of the OL which was very troubling even in that game. Nothing against App State is going to tell me anything (just as CMU told us nothing last year). The ND and Utah games IMO will give us a quite clear picture of what to expect early.
August 9th, 2014 at 11:15 AM ^
You know, the same article was posted a couple hours ago, but dressed as a repeat of last night's discussion, which is quickly where it headed and why it is gone now. This, however, emphasizes the more important part of the piece, I think - that nothing is quite set in stone yet, if anything ever really is. Perhaps a minor mod goof on my part, and apologies to Double-D there.
It's hard to extrapolate much from isolated tweets of what are little more than proposed lineups which might very well change within hours at the next practice, so hopefully it is the case that the competition has been good as Hoke says. Between that, the shift to an dedicated scheme and some of the cultural changes they've tried to implement (ref: Terry Richardson thread yesterday), we see some measured improvements.
as much as the original Journalist who sent out the information yesterday without clearly pointing out the context of what was said in the presser. In short, Baumgardner is well aware of the emotions surrounding the subject and he practiced a bit of journalistic malpractice yesterday.
Who would panic on Mgo Blog????
Never happened.
August 9th, 2014 at 10:02 AM ^
I am going to keep the pitchforks and torches warm just in case anyhow, ok OP?
August 9th, 2014 at 10:10 AM ^
August 9th, 2014 at 10:50 AM ^
Local beat writers need access more than anything.
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